Hiring: Performance and Development Specialist Company: Applied Intuition Location: Sunnyvale, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 10:28:59 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in people operations, HR generalist, or people program management roles with demonstrated stakeholder management experience, ideally including performance management or L&D program ownership Required Skills: •You’ll sit within the People Center of Excellence and partner closely with business leaders and People Business Partners to make sure every program you design actually works for the teams using it, not just on paper. •At Applied Intuition, You Will •Design, implement, and scale performance and development programs - from goal-setting through reviews and calibration — as a cohesive, company-wide system rather than a set of disconnected processes •Think creatively about program design: build mechanisms that are simple, intuitive, and a light lift for leaders to run, while still generating the rigor and signal the business needs to measure performance •Ground every program in Applied Intuition’s broader performance operations and philosophy, so performance and development feel like a natural extension of how the company already works — not an added layer of process •Build a repeatable yet flexible model to train managers, covering compliance training, interview training, and manager development, that can flex to different team needs without losing a consistent core. •Own the selection and use of L&D platforms to deliver, track, and report on manager training completion and effectiveness across the People team. •Partner with People Business Partners and other Centers of Excellence to identify manager skill gaps and translate them into targeted, scalable training content. Qualifications: •Direct involvement in scaling startups from early-stage to larger organizational structures. •Applied hands-on capability in performance management systems, LMS/L&D platforms, and people analytics tools. •Background in change management or organizational development •Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Compensation: •$140,000 - $180,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!